Clowns I think I would have been about 8 years old when this photo was taken. As part of the local Yakkerboo Festival (don't ask). My Mum, my brother and I dressed as clowns and were selling raffle tickets for some sort of hamper that we were trunddling around in a wheel-barrow. Sadly the original photo has faded badly so the colour is a bit washed out. So. From the ground up: A pair of my Dad's old Dunlop Volley runners. They had newspaper stuffed into the toe so they wouldn't fall off my feet. I think it also had a domed toe that had been added on with white electrical tape or something. Coloured stripey socks. Yellow, red and green I think. Grey trousers. I remember them having a wire coathanger worked into the waist to make them sit out more. I wouldn't need that now Normal white shirt. My grandfather's tail coat. I had to roll the sleeves up because I was little. You can see that the tails at the back are almost touching the ground. The tie was this enormous wide thing that was black with red polka dots. I'm pretty sure there was a matching pocket handkerchief but I don't remember. Navy cotton gloves with the fingers cut out. Very Charlie Chaplin. Grey felt hat with the crown pushed up. The make-up was white zinc cream! Yes you read that right. I remember the nose was a pingpong ball that had a piece cut out and was held on by white elastic string. Bloody thing hurt! I don't know if this was my first costume but it was certainly an early one.